News terminology. Popular and quality press: deducing stylistic features of the front page.
25 Janeiro 2022, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
News terminology: The Guardian Front Page - skyline, masthead, headline, byline, standfirst, body text, standalone, caption, turn, edition dots, crosshead (see the Workbook Appended Materials).
Analysing the front page of British popular and quality papers: deducing the stylistic features of the front page by comparing and contrasting the front page of a quality and a popular newspaper. (to be continued next in-person class).
Instructions:
- Work in pairs or groups of three and compare and contrast the two front pages by answering the questions on page 15 of the English for the Media Workbook transcribed below. Bear in mind the different aspects/sections on the front page: the skyline, the lead story, headlines, the standfirst; is there a standalone?
- Choose what you think is the lead story on each of the front pages. Give reasons for your choice.
- What comments can you make about headline sizes and types on the two front pages?
- How are the front pages different from or similar to each other?
- Compare the number and size of advertisements and pictures, the amount of space given to national vs. international news, etc.
- What kind of news do editors think it worthy of the front page?
- Comment on the ways in which front-page editors tempt readers to buy the two papers.